Volvo Group is Launching an Online Service for Green
Commuting - VIDEO ENHANCED

STOCKHOLM - November 24, 2009: The Volvo Group (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) is launching Commute Greener,
a
new online service which helps commuters become more environmentally
aware. The service is accessed through a mobile phone or a web site
on
the internet, enabling a commuter quickly to see by how much carbon
dioxide emissions are reduced, for example by car pooling. Volvo´s
home
town, the City of Göteborg in Sweden, is the first city in the world
to
order the service for its employees.

After downloading the application, from the iPhone App Store, for
example, the commuter can use the mobile telephone to register the
methods of transport that are used for commuting to and from work.
The
computer program calculates how much carbon dioxide is emitted when
using different modes of transport, such as the car, train, bus, boat
or
bicycle.

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The service also provides an online community for exchanging
experience
and for competitions between colleagues, friends and family members
about the possible size of reductions in carbon dioxide emissions.
“Our
tests have shown that individuals can quickly reduce their carbon
dioxide emissions by more than 30 per cent using Commute Greener,”
says
Magnus Holmqvist at Volvo IT.

Commute Greener has already been launched within the Volvo Group. The
same tool will now make it possible for 2,000 employees within the
City
of Göteborg to understand the most efficient and environmentally
sound
way to commute in any given scenario, and change their commuting
habits.

“Commute Greener is a tool which the employees within the City of
Göteborg can use to set a good example regarding the fulfilment of
the
City’s environmental objectives,” says Eva Rhodin at the City’s
traffic
office, who is in charge of increasing the demand for sustainable
transport.

Commute Greener is also an important part of the Volvo Group’s
overall
environmental programme.

“Volvo has been working with environmental care since 1972. We now
regard it as an important task to involve individuals,” says Niklas
Gustavsson, Vice President Environmental and Public Affairs, AB
Volvo.

The technology behind Commute Greener is in line with the UN´s
climate
change initiative. “The UN has made it very clear that innovation and
technology play an important part. Regulations and agreements are
also
important. However, at the end of the day, it is the choices that you
and I make that can really make a difference,” says Niklas
Gustavsson.

At present, individuals can download Commute Greener as an
application
for the iPhone. To download the application to other mobile phones, a
city, company or organisation must first order access to the
application
for its inhabitants, customers or employees. More information is
available at the following web site: http://www.CommuteGreener.com/